Chapter 322 Heavy rain and fish falling from the sky

Chapter 322 Heavy rain and fish falling from the sky

Chapter 322 Heavy rain and fish falling from the sky
"Tick tock-"

Suddenly, raindrops fell from the sky and a strong wind blew suddenly.

Then it started to rain heavily, coming unexpectedly.

"It's raining, it's time to put away the clothes!"

Li Kailang was awakened by the sound of heavy rain and hurried to collect his clothes.

Everyone in the yard hurriedly packed up their clothes and quilts, and even took their bicycles into the house.

Before long, the originally clear sky turned dark in the blink of an eye.

The sound of rain was getting louder and louder, accompanied by strong winds, and the raindrops hitting the roof made a very loud sound.

"It's raining so heavily!" Looking at the storm outside through the skylight, Li Kailang was not panicked at all.

His house was well decorated, so he didn't have to worry about leaks. He just quietly watched the heavy rain outside the window.

"Don't mention it, it's quite interesting."

Before long, water accumulated in the yard, especially in the planting area on the patio, where small puddles formed.

Li Kailang watched the rain gradually spread over, "Just in case, let's block the door with sand. If this continues, the rain will enter the house."

The threshold of the house is not high. If we are not careful, it will be troublesome if rainwater flows back into the house.

Li Kailang placed several sandbags at the door and also used wooden boards to block the door to prevent rain from coming in.

After finishing, Li Kailang looked at the dark sky and said, "I wonder how long this rain will last?"

"Boom!!!" A flash of lightning flashed in an instant, making a deafening sound.

"Ah——" The crying voice of Yan Jiedi was suddenly heard from Yan Bugui's house.

Soon afterwards, Xiaodang's crying could be heard from the central courtyard, but the sound of the rain was too loud and could not be heard clearly.

"I always feel like there's something missing." Li Kailang murmured to himself. Generally speaking, after the roar of thunder, there would be another noisy sound.

"I almost forgot, there are no cars here, so I can finally have some peace and quiet."

After watching the heavy rain for a while, Li Kailang had nothing to do, so he changed his clothes and lay down on the bed to rest.

"I don't know when the rain will stop. It seems I won't be able to have dinner with Xu Damao tonight."

In the morning, Xu Damao specially asked him to have lunch with him. Of course, it was not just for the sake of eating. There must be other things.

But with the rain falling, it seems we can’t hear any gossip.

The next day, early morning.

The heavy rain still shows no sign of stopping.

"At this rate, it looks like I won't have to go to work."

Li Kailang stood at the window, looking at the gray sky. The rain was still falling, and no one came out outside.

Not long after, the steel mill sent someone to inform everyone that it was time for the holiday. Everyone was happy to have some free time and take another day off. Fortunately, it was summer vacation and students didn't have to go to school.

After a night of heavy rain, there was a lot of water on the ground, especially in the planting area on the patio.

There was a layer of water on the entire planting area, and the fields could not be seen at all. The crops and vegetables planted were all submerged in the water and it was obvious that they would not survive.

This was not the end. There was about ten centimeters of water in front of each household. Fortunately, there were sandbags in front of Li Kailang's house, so the water did not flow back into the house.

But there are signs of rainwater seepage, "We should put a few more sandbags just in case."

Li Kailang placed several sandbags at home to ensure that rain would not enter the house.

But several other families were not so lucky, and water entered several of their homes.

The Yan Bugui family opposite, the Jia family in the middle courtyard, and the Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong families in the backyard were all flooded.

They blocked the door with wooden boards, and then found bricks and soil outside to build a thick water barrier to keep the rain out.

These are the ones where water obviously seeped in, while there are others where it’s not obvious.

In addition, some houses have broken roofs, and water starts dripping into the house through the gaps between the tiles.

Every household hurriedly used pots and pans to collect the rainwater, and then poured it out of the house.

The scenes were so lively and everyone was busy.

Every household has some minor problems, either rainwater backflowing or roof leaks, except for Sha Zhu's family.

Sha Zhu's house is the main house in the courtyard. It is located at the highest point and has steps, so the accumulated water cannot flow back into the house.

The tiles on the roof were also intact, so there was no need to worry at all. Sha Zhu was still sleeping soundly.

"I don't know how long this rain will last?" Li Kailang looked at the still gloomy sky.

The rain came suddenly and heavily, and every household put their food on the table to prevent it from being contaminated by the rain and becoming inedible.

As for the food in the cellar, sandbags were put in when the rain suddenly got heavy yesterday.

This is the food for everyone in the yard, so naturally a lot of things are placed at the door of the cellar to prevent rain.

Li Kailang watched Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng pouring water outside from time to time. The roof was leaking and they could only use basins to collect the water temporarily.

There is no way to repair it because it is raining so heavily that we cannot get onto the roof because it is too slippery.

We can only wait and repair it after the rain stops.

But it’s not certain when the rain will stop, so we can only wait. Fortunately, there are not many places where it’s leaking.

Suddenly, Li Kailang felt a dark shadow flash before his eyes and fell to the ground in an instant.

"fish?"

"Can fish fall from the sky?"

Li Kailang stared at the motionless fish on the ground in dumbfoundedness. He had heard of fish falling from the sky, but had never seen it with his own eyes.

“Pah, pah, pah!!!”

While Li Kailang was dumbfounded, the fish fell one after another.

Some fish died on the spot, while others were still alive and kicking.

“It really is raining fish.”

"Jiecheng, Jiefang, come out quickly to pick up the fish!" Yan Bugui suddenly shouted and rushed out to pick up the fish.

After a while, there were quite a few fish on the ground, some of which were swimming directly in the stagnant water.

"Everyone, come out and pick up the fish!" Someone shouted, and everyone in the courtyard came to pick up the fish.

"Ah!" Suddenly, Yan Jiecheng shouted in pain, covering his head, obviously hit by a fish.

This reminded Li Kailang of a line from a song: The cold ice fish was slapping his face.

Even if they were hit by fish, everyone's enthusiasm for picking up fish did not diminish at all.

Fish is also meat. There is so little food these days, so it’s good to have something to eat.

Besides, in this weather, it would be great if I could cook a pot of fish soup to warm my body.

Now, not only people in this yard came out to pick up fish, but people in other yards also came out to pick up fish. Everyone was scrambling to pick them up.

Some people catch the fish directly with their hands, some use basins to catch them, and some even use nets to scoop up the fish directly and catch a lot of fish.

Everyone was fishing in the stagnant water.

At this time, the importance of having many family members is reflected. There are 6 people in Yan Bugui's family who can be mobilized.

Yan Bugui, an old lady, and Yan Jiecheng were fishing for live fish from the stagnant water.

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang simply fished out dead fish.

The other families in the front yard could not compete with Yan Bugui's family, but fortunately there were many fish, and everyone divided their own territory and fished their own without invading each other.

The other courtyards were not so harmonious.

Middle Court.

"It's all mine, it's all mine." Jia Zhang kept repeating this sentence.

Jia Zhang was staring at the pile of fish on the ground with her eyes wide open, her eyes flashing with greed.

When Jia Zhang saw others fishing, her heart felt as if it was being cut by a knife.

"They are all mine, don't steal them from me."

While screaming, Jia Zhang tried to use her fat body to block the others, stirring the lake water vigorously to disperse the fish, wanting to monopolize the fish.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you're going too far. You can't finish so much fish by yourself." Someone said dissatisfiedly.

"Bullshit, I can eat them all. Don't touch my fish, they are all mine." Jia Zhang waved her strong arms and continued to stir the water.

Jia Zhang's greedy appearance immediately aroused dissatisfaction among everyone in the Central Courtyard.

"That's all you can eat. Don't think we don't know what you're thinking. Be careful not to be greedy."

"Get out of the way and don't block us from fishing, or don't blame us for being rude."

With the fish right in front of them, everyone gave Jia Zhang no face at all. They were too lazy to argue with her before, but now they were naturally not afraid at all.

The noise of Jia Zhang's quarrel with others immediately affected Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai shouted, "Jia Zhang, stop making trouble. How long will it take you to eat all these fish? Go catch the fish now."

"Don't embarrass yourself here. Do you really think that others don't know what's going on in your mind?"

Not far away, Jia Dongxu looked at Jia Zhangshi making a fuss and couldn't help feeling ashamed and embarrassed.

"Mom, come back quickly to catch the fish." Jia Dongxu shouted loudly, his voice full of dissatisfaction and blame.

After hearing her son's orders, Jia Zhang had no choice but to go back and continue fishing.

backyard.

Xu Damao was about to slap himself right now. Why was he shouting for no reason?
Isn't it good to fish secretly? Why did he have to shout it out? Now he didn't catch any fish. He alone couldn't compete with Liu Haizhong's family of five, plus there were other residents.

"Hey, the fish are coming, the fish are coming!"

More fish fell from the sky and everyone started scrambling to grab them.

Xu Damao didn't bother to complain. He looked at the fish in the sky, saw where it fell, and immediately picked up the basin.

"Ah!" A fish hit Xu Damao on the head.

Back to the front yard.

Li Kailang also followed suit and said, "It's convenient to have a fishing net. I can catch whatever I want."

In just a short while, Li Kailang caught four or five live fish.

Each fish weighs about half a pound, which is not small and enough for a meal.

It just so happens that pork is not very available right now, so it’s nice to have fish as a substitute, after all it is still meat.

Some fish that weigh nearly one pound can be used to make pickled fish and kept for later consumption.

"There are no fish in the sky. Jiefang and Jiekuang, hurry up and catch them!" Yan Bugui saw that there were no more fish falling from the sky, so he immediately instructed his two younger sons.

"Got it." The two replied.

Since there were no fish falling from the sky, everyone could not help but speed up their fishing.

It was at this time that the children played a big role. They were small but quick in action, especially Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, Cui Gang and Bang Geng.

The action was quick and swift, and he caught a fish in just a few seconds. Many adults could not match this speed.

"Jiefang and Jiekuang, you're doing a good job. Go faster." Yan Bugui couldn't help but praise them. These two kids finally found a place to use their talents.

"You are really quick at catching the sticks. I'm sure you will have a bright future." Jia Zhang couldn't help but praise him.

Hearing the praise, Bang Geng grabbed the fish more enthusiastically. When it came to eating, Bang Geng never hesitated.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to steal chickens so many times without being discovered. The title of the Thief Saint is not an exaggeration.

"Xiaogang, be careful and don't get hurt." Cui Yuan reminded Cui Gang.

"Got it." Cui Gang was naturally not to be outdone.

Soon, all the fish in the puddles were caught, and everyone went home happily to cook fish soup.

"On a sunny day like this, drinking a bowl of warm fish soup would be so delicious!"

"There are a lot of fish today. You two little ones have made great contributions. You can have an extra bowl of fish soup." Yan Bugui said to Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang.

"Thank you, Dad!" they both responded happily.

Yan Bugui looked at the auntie and said, "There are so many fish. We'll eat the dead fish today and make salted fish out of the big ones. We'll keep the live ones first and we'll decide when the time comes."

Hearing this, the aunt nodded.

"This is not a calculation, we can eat our fill this way." Yan Bugui sighed.

After fishing, everyone was a little tired and started to prepare lunch without caring that it was not time for lunch.

Li Kailang naturally cooked fish as well. "Make fish soup and pickled fish."

Do whatever you want.
Li Kailang processed the fish, sliced ​​the fish meat, separated the fish head, and put oil in the pot.
Finally, put the peppercorns on the fish and drizzle with hot oil.

"Zizzi-"

"This little smell comes up immediately after being tickled."

Today, the whole yard was filled with the rare aroma of fish, and everyone was immersed in this delicious food.

However, the most important thing has not passed yet, and it is still raining.

"I wonder how long this rain will stop? The vegetables in the fields are going to die." Auntie couldn't help but worry.

While picking up fish, she saw the crops in her field. If the accumulated water was not drained in time, the crops might not survive.

"Who knows? We can't stop it for a while, and we don't have to take care of the vegetables in the fields." Yan Bugui said helplessly.

Fortunately, there are fish to fill the gap, so if they die, they die.

"It's been raining so hard for so many years. I don't know where these fish come from."

Only now did everyone remember where the fish came from.

"You're right, it's strange. It's common for it to rain, but this is the first time I've seen fish." Aunt Three said puzzled.

Naturally, the two of them didn't know the reason.

"Crash-"

"Crackling——"

Suddenly there was a strange noise, and some things fell in front of Yan Bugui. He looked at the broken things on the ground.

"Roof tiles!" Yan Bugui looked up immediately.

The tiles on the roof couldn't stop falling once they started, and they kept falling, breaking into two pieces when they hit the ground.

"Tick tock-"

The rain dripped through the cracks and onto Yan Bugui's face. Now the rain was even heavier in Yan Bugui's house.

This is really a case of "misfortunes never come singly".

If we don't repair it during the light rain, it will be troublesome when it rains heavily later.

It's drizzling outside and raining heavily inside. Go outside to take shelter from the rain.

"Jiecheng, Jiefang, come over and give us a hand, the tiles on the roof have fallen off."

"Really? Why does it have to rain at this time? Why is it raining?"

Yan Bugui complained, put on his raincoat, found a ladder and went up to the roof in the rain.

The two brothers quickly took the tarpaulin and blocked the hole to prevent the rain from falling into the house.

Otherwise, the furniture, food and pickled fish in the house will be wet by the rain, which will be troublesome.

"Boom!!!" Lightning flashed at an inopportune time.

"Go home quickly." Yan Bugui shouted and came down from the roof.

He originally wanted to fill the tiles, but when lightning flashed, he decided not to fill it to avoid being struck by lightning.

"Fortunately, there is a tarpaulin cover, so it shouldn't be a problem." Yan Bugui looked up at the roof.

Just in case, Yan Bugui transferred the grain and pickled fish away.

The heavy rain lasted for two days and only stopped on the third day.

"The sun is out, the sun is out."

After the rain, the sky cleared up and everyone was very happy to see the long-lost sun.

"Hurry up and take out the quilts and food to dry in the sun, so they don't get wet."

Everyone went back to the house and took out everything that could be dried, and Li Kailang was no exception.

Soon, all the places in the front, middle and back courtyards that could get sun were exposed to the sun.

Quilts, clothes, food, pickled fish, and even some furniture were taken out.

"Oh, by the way, there is food in the cellar." Yan Bugui shouted and hurried to the cellar to check the situation.

Although the cellar door had been locked and blocked by mud and sand, we were still afraid of getting wet and damp.

"Uncle, uncle, hurry up and get the grain to open the cellar!" Yan Bugui shouted loudly.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong also realized the food in the cellar, and hurriedly took the key to open the cellar.

"It's okay!" Looking at the situation in the cellar, Yan Bugui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The entrance to the cellar and the ground were wet. There was a little water on the ground, but it did not affect the food on the ground, so everyone's food was well preserved.

However, after being closed for three days, the cellar became very damp.

"Everyone, hurry up and take out all the food to dry in the sun."

Everyone started to get busy, taking out the food to dry.

"Everything is drying up in the sun here. What should we do?" Everyone was worried.

The place is so small and there is so much sun, so where is the place to bask in the sun?

"Let's dry the grain first, it won't take long. Put the other things aside for now. It will be troublesome if it rains again." Yan Bugui said.

Everyone started a new round of work. Fortunately, they didn’t have to go to work today, so they had time to do it.

After all the hard work, everyone looked at the fields flooded by water.

"This vegetable field is ruined. The crops can't be saved. Let's clean it up quickly."

Everyone started to clean up the vegetable garden, which was another hassle.

That's not all.

"Dad, we also need to fill in the tiles on the roof." Yan Jiecheng said.

"Got it, Jiefang, Jiekuang, help your mother." Yan Bugui ordered, and brought a ladder to repair the roof.
After a storm, many houses needed repairs and masons welcomed the spring.

There are simply too many to use them all. Some people want to save money, while others are in a hurry to repair them, so they have to do it themselves.

For a while, every household was busy.

“I hope it won’t rain again today.”

(End of this chapter)